SATURDAY SPARKS: A SUMMER OF TRAVEL

Welcome to our regular feature, Saturday Snapshot, our opportunity to showcase photos we or friends and family have captured. The event is now hosted by West Metro Mommy Reads.

It’s time for some photo sharing. When my son and DIL were visiting, they spent some time in the surrounding areas here, like Sequoia National Park, before heading to Northern California and Oregon…and then to SF and the coast, before returning here to the Central Valley.

Here Gabi and Craig are showing off the size of the tree in Sequoia Park; can we say “tree huggers”?

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Here is a shot in Ashland, Oregon, in Lithia Park:

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Gabi, getting ready to go up the Moro Rock Trail

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More views of Moro Rock….

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More of the Rock….

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After their journey, they returned to Fresno, where they sold the car they had purchased and used for the summer. Below, celebrating the sale at The Elephant Bar.

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And here, Craig and Heather are enjoying some Mexican food at our neighborhood Mexican restaurant….Gabi chose to opt out of this dinner.

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And then it was time to take the train from here to LA, where they visited my second son, attended a showing of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and flew back to Europe.

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A great time was had by all…and the almost three months they spent here just flew by. Sigh.

Such lovely photos! It looks like your family had a great time and visited a variety of beautiful places. There’s so much to see in your part of the world. I’d love to climb that rock!
My Saturday Snapshot post is HERE.

It does look like everyone had a great time! Beautiful shots. I’ve never been to California or the Pacific Northwest, but a trip out there is still on my bucket list. Would dearly love to see those Sequoias.

Thanks, Joy, and the sad news is that only weeks after their visit to the Sequoias, that whole area was engulfed in what they’re calling “rough fires.” I think it’s under control, now, but with the drought, we have a lot of fires in the summers.

Yes, it has been years since I went to Sequoia…so I sat out this trip that they took. So glad to see their photos, though; hope you do get to visit it someday soon. There is much in Oregon I would like to revisit. Thanks for stopping by, Melinda.